Reflections on Unit Two: Getting Through Bootcamp

Reflections on customizing my blog

I did some more work on my menus, and I created a home page to be my landing page and a page for my ds106 work. My home page will not show my recent posts. Instead, folks can view posts by category using a widget. I added a widget that links folks to my other social media sites. I eliminated a few widgets that came with the theme.

Cyber-infrastructure material

Gardner asks the question, what if students are assigned their own web server to create their cyber-infrastructure. My question to Gardner is will students be required to do this? I am enjoying the ds106 course, but it is quite technical. I don’t doubt that these skills are valuable, but I am wondering if requiring students to master these skills will put a degree out of reach for some students. Are these skills required to be successful in all majors?

Daily create

“Everyone’s always telling you to think outside the box. Well i for one am taking a stand and say ‘No!’ Inside the box is the new way. It’s so new people don’t even know about it yet. Just get yourself set up and comfortable and you are away.”

“Add a caption to Id-iom’s image. Be funny, be creative, be DS106 #4life.”

My first GIF

It was so exciting! I loaded YTDin order to download aYouTubevideo. I usedMPEG Streamclipto trim the video andGIMP to convert the image sequence to a GIF. I used theseinstructions, which were very good. The process was easy, and here’s the result…

“If I could find a real-life place that made me feel like Tiffany’s, then I’d buy some furniture and give the cat a name.”

Tiffany’s is not my safe place, but I do relate to the search for circumstances that bring anxiety to a manageable level. Another great quote…

“You know those days when you’ve got the mean reds…. the blues are because you’re getting fat or maybe it’s been raining too long. You’re sad, that’s all. But the mean reds are horrible. You’re afraid and you sweat like hell, but you don’t know what you’re afraid of. Except something bad is going to happen, only you don’t know what it is.”